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Month: May 2013

Leisure 

Film review: No

May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

“Pinochet could win this vote without cheating, if he wants – that’s what is so terrible,” says José Tomás Urrutia,

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Bulgaria News 

Socialist nominee Oresharski handed mandate to form next Bulgarian government

May 23, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev handed on May 23 the mandate to form the next cabinet to socialist prime minister-designate Plamen

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s socialists ask President to halt appointment of ambassadors

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party, which ran second in the May parliamentary elections but which by default will be forming the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s GERB returns mandate to form government

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

GERB leader Boiko Borissov has returned the mandate to form Bulgaria’s next government on May 23, once again slamming his

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Bulgaria News 

Radoslav Yankoulov appointed new director of Bulgarian National Radio

May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Council on Electronic Media (CEM) voted on May 23 to appoint Radoslav Yankulov as the new director general of

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s under-investigation organised crime unit chief resigns

May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of Bulgarian Interior Ministry’s chief directorate for combatting organised crime Stanimir Florov, under investigation on allegations of bribery,

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Europe News 

European Parliament agrees to easing of rules on cross-border pet travel

May 23, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

New legislation on the “non-commercial transport” of pets, already informally agreed with European Union ministers, was approved by the European

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Europe News 

Jews ask US to keep up pressure on Hungary

May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Thirteen Jewish organisations sent a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday urging him “to keep the

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Europe News 

Poland puts hydrocarbons tax on hold till 2020 to boost investments in shale gas

May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

The hydrocarbons law will come into effect in 2015, but Poland will not levy the tax on hydrocarbons until 2020

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